ElAwesome Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Hi,my neighbour gave a broken early 2008 24" iMac with a video card failure (fried 8800GS, the usual thing...)I was wondering if it is possible to use the display and turn it into an external display to use with my own machine? And yes, I have already seen it surely won't be plug and play, but I've got time and a soldering iron and I like experimenting. So is it possible? Apple used regular panels with the same conncetors as other brands. So basically, I should be able to use the controller board of a different monitor with the same panel to get it working? Would even a generic controller board sold on ebay work? SOmething has to be wrong in here because otherwise people wouldn't generally say no...I found this (french) PDF where someone explaines in good detail how to convert a G5 iMac into a stand-alone monitor. Is it the same with the model I have? I mean it also has a LVDS connector (like most panels)... http://users.skynet.be/fa835376/pas%20a%20pas.pdfThanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxteck Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 maybe check ebay for a replacement board on the cheap and fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PippoX0 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 The question is: how much do you want spend to fix it? First option : reuse it as an external monitor. Cheap , but not easy ... Second : repair fix mb and use as AIO computer Spend more but get more ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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